{"id":714,"date":"2009-05-13T12:22:31","date_gmt":"2009-05-13T17:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davehitt.com\/blog2\/modern-math\/"},"modified":"2009-06-01T10:56:50","modified_gmt":"2009-06-01T15:56:50","slug":"modern-math","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.davehitt.com\/blog2\/modern-math\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Math"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Math Tests Through the Decades, Copied verbatim from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chickenhammer.com\/\">Chicken Hammer<\/a>: <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1950s &#8212; A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4\/5 of the price. What is his profit ?<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>1960s &#8212; A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4\/5 of the price, or $80. What is his profit?<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>1970s &#8212; A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80. Did he make a profit?<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>1980s &#8212; A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is $80 and his profit is $20. Your assignment: Underline the number 20.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>1990s &#8212; A logger cuts down a beautiful forest because he is selfish and inconsiderate and cares nothing for the habitat of animals or the preservation of our woodlands. He does this so he can make a profit of $20. What do you think of this way of making a living?\n<p>Topic for class participation after answering the question: How did the birds and squirrels feel as the logger cut down their homes? (There are no wrong answers, and if you feel like crying, it&#8217;s ok. )<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>2009 &#8212; Un hachero vende una carretada de maderapara $100. El costo de la producciones es $80. Cuanto dinero ha hecho?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\"><img class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/pixy.gif?x-id=dfa768fa-49c6-82cd-859b-ca61671ecde6\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Math Tests Through the Decades, Copied verbatim from Chicken Hammer: 1950s &#8212; A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4\/5 of the price. What is his profit ? 1960s &#8212; A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100. His cost of production is 4\/5 of the price, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.davehitt.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.davehitt.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.davehitt.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.davehitt.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.davehitt.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.davehitt.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":732,"href":"http:\/\/www.davehitt.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714\/revisions\/732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.davehitt.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.davehitt.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.davehitt.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}